Morphological diversity of the humerus of the South American subterranean rodent Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae)

dc.creatorMorgan, Cecilia Clara
dc.creatorVerzi, Diego Héctor
dc.date2007-01-02
dc.date2019-10-11T13:48:25Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/83136
dc.identifierissn:0022-2372
dc.descriptionHumeral variation associated with digging ability in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys was analyzed through 6 functionally significant indexes. The humerus of some extinct and living species was slightly more specialized than that of fossorial octodontoids †Actenomys and Octodon, whereas it was highly specialized in some living species. The constant occurrence of greater epicondyles suggests a hierarchical pattern in the acquisition of scratch-digging specializations. A possible relationship between humeral morphological diversity and environments is preliminarily discussed.
dc.descriptionFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
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dc.languageen
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
dc.subjectZoología
dc.subjectCtenomyidae
dc.subjectMorphofunctional humeral diversity
dc.subjectRodents
dc.subjectScratch-digging adaptations
dc.titleMorphological diversity of the humerus of the South American subterranean rodent Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae)
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